Cyst like liver/ blue lungs

[Rainbow Chicken Girl]

My 6 month old pullet died today. She was fine till yesterday and then started acting not well. I isolated her from the flock but she continued to get worse. She stopped eating and then died.
We autopsied her and discovered a liver that looks like it has cysts or parasites and her lungs appeared blue.
Anyone know what happened to her? Is it contagious? Should I be concerned? I’m worried about eating eggs (once my chickens start producing) from sick birds.
Pictures of lungs and liver attached.

 

[007Sean]

Bumping it to the top!

 

[Kiki]

Are you in the United States?
If so are aware that each state has a state lab that will perform a necropsy to give you a definitive answer as to why your bird died?

Did you happen to notice if this bird started walking funny before it died?
Are all of your birds the same age?
When was the last / most recent time you brought any new birds home?

 

[Kiki]

I see you are in California.
I believe it is only $20 for the testing in your state.
https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/

 

[Rainbow Chicken Girl]

Are you in the United States?
If so are aware that each state has a state lab that will perform a necropsy to give you a definitive answer as to why your bird died?

Did you happen to notice if this bird started walking funny before it died?
Are all of your birds the same age?
When was the last / most recent time you brought any new birds home?

Yes, I’m in the US. I wasn’t aware of the state lab. I’d love to know more about this. I composted the organs yesterday because I can’t find a chicken vet anywhere. Everyone told me to harvest the bird or take care of it myself when I asked around.
This bird was walking fine until the day before she died, where she just wanted to sit. But, I have another bird that got a paralyzed leg about a month ago. And I noticed another bird is starting to limp. I’m now thinking its Marek’s.
Interestingly enough, my birds had one and only vaccine- for Marek’s. They are all about 5-6 months in age. All birds were brought home together from the farm I bought them at.
We had a few hot days and I put a mister on the run area of the coop. But I’m hearing now that wet soil can cause the coccidosis parsite to be problematic?

 

[Rainbow Chicken Girl]

Yes, I’m in the US. I wasn’t aware of the state lab. I’d love to know more about this. I composted the organs yesterday because I can’t find a chicken vet anywhere. Everyone told me to harvest the bird or take care of it myself when I asked around.
This bird was walking fine until the day before she died, where she just wanted to sit. But, I have another bird that got a paralyzed leg about a month ago. And I noticed another bird is starting to limp. I’m now thinking its Marek’s.
Interestingly enough, my birds had one and only vaccine- for Marek’s. They are all about 5-6 months in age. All birds were brought home together from the farm I bought them at.
We had a few hot days and I put a mister on the run area of the coop. But I’m hearing now that wet soil can cause the coccidosis parsite to be problematic?

Birds were about 3-4 months when I got them.

 

[Rainbow Chicken Girl]

I see you are in California.
I believe it is only $20 for the testing in your state.
https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/

Thanks. I think it’s too late- I through the bird in my compost. I heard vets can do tests on their feathers. I still have some of her feathers.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

That sounds more like Marek's than coccidiosis

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

If you lose another, put the body in the fridge and contact the lab to get testing done.

 

[Rainbow Chicken Girl]

If you lose another, put the body in the fridge and contact the lab to get testing done.

Thank you.